Community Engagement /Outreach Core

项目总结（见说明）： 拟议的卫生中心社区参与和外展核心的主要目标 差异，研究，参与和培训（CeHDRET）是让非洲裔美国人和非洲裔美国人参与 明尼苏达州明尼阿波利斯和圣保罗双子城的移民社区，努力改善 少数民族健康和减少健康差距。社区参与和外展核心有两个 具体目标： 目标1：建立社区-学术伙伴关系，提供统一和变革的 改善明尼苏达州双子城少数民族健康的组织框架; 目标2：让当地非裔美国人和非洲移民（索马里人）的社区伙伴参与进来 社区在传播干预措施，以促进水果和蔬菜消费， 烟草使用。 在社区参与性研究原则的指导下，核心活动将是 明尼苏达大学、阶梯基金会（Stairstep Foundation）（该基金会拥有32个联盟， 双子城的非裔美国人教堂）和明尼苏达州国际卫生志愿者组织。 对于目标1，我们将重点关注定义CBPR的五个关键阶段：伙伴关系建设，能力建设， 需求评估、社区行动计划（CAP）制定、CAP实施和评估。 对于目标2，我们提出两项活动。首先，我们将与阶梯基金会合作， Body & Soul，一个促进非洲水果和蔬菜消费的循证计划 美国人第二，我们将与MIHV合作，开发一个以文化为目标的社区基础 在索马里社区采取干预措施减少烟草使用。我们还将与CeHDRET密切合作 研究培训和教育核心，使学员参与社区研究和外联活动。 通过伙伴关系和能力建设，我们计划共同努力，创造互利互惠的环境， 可持续发展计划，其目标是产生可直接用于改善 社区健康。沿着我们的社区合作伙伴，我们计划开发、实施和评估 创新的社区参与和外展计划，最终目标是减少健康 差距。

PROJECT SUMMARY (See instructions): The primary objective of the Community Engagement & Outreach Core of the proposed Center for Health Disparities, Research, Engagement, and Training (CeHDRET) is to engage African American and African immigrant communities in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, in efforts to improve minority health and reduce health disparities. The Community Engagement & Outreach Core has two specific aims: Aim 1: To establish a community-academic partnership that will provide a unifying and transformative organizational framework for improving minority health in the Twin Cities of Minnesota; Aim 2: To engage community partners from the local African American and African immigrant (Somali) communities in the dissemination of interventions to promote fruit and vegetable consumption and reduce tobacco use. Core activities, guided by the principles of community-based participatory research (CBPR), will be a collaborative effort among the University of Minnesota, the Stairstep Foundation (which has a coalition of 32 African American churches in the Twin Cities), and the Minnesota International Health Volunteers (MIHV). For Aim 1, we will focus on the five key phases that define CBPR: partnership building, capacity building, needs assessment, community action plan (CAP) development, and CAP implementation and evaluation. For Aim 2, we propose two activities. First, we will partner with the Stairstep Foundation to disseminate Body & Soul, an evidence-based program to promote fruits and vegetables consum ption in African Americans. Second, we will partner with MIHV to develop a culturally-targeted community-based intervention to reduce tobacco use in the Somali community. We also will work closely with the CeHDRET Research Training and Education Core to engage trainees in community research and outreach activities. Through partnership and capacity building, we plan to work collaboratively to create mutually beneficial and sustainable programs with the goal of producing knowledge that may be directly applied to improving community health. Along with our community partners, we plan to develop, implement, and evaluate innovative community engagement and outreach programs with the ultimate goal of reducing health disparities.